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GA-MA770-UD3/US3 Motherboard - 12 - Unique Features Bundled Software Operating System Form Factor Support for @BIOS Support for Download Center Support for Q-Flash ... Support for Easy Energy Saver (Note 6) Norton Internet Security (OEM version) Support for Microsoft® Windows® Vista/XP ATX Form Factor; 30.5cm x 21.0cm (Note 1) Due to Windows Vista/XP 32-bit operating system limitation, when more than 4 GB of physical memory is installed, the actual...
GA-MA770-UD3/US3 Motherboard - 12 - Unique Features Bundled Software Operating System Form Factor Support for @BIOS Support for Download Center Support for Q-Flash ... Support for Easy Energy Saver (Note 6) Norton Internet Security (OEM version) Support for Microsoft® Windows® Vista/XP ATX Form Factor; 30.5cm x 21.0cm (Note 1) Due to Windows Vista/XP 32-bit operating system limitation, when more than 4 GB of physical memory is installed, the actual...
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...Defaults" section in this chapter or introductions of the battery/clearing CMOS jumper in Chapter 1 for the beep codes description. • It is a Windows-based utility that you can press + in the main menu of BIOS, it with caution. To flash the BIOS, do not encounter problems using...or other unexpected results. Its major functions include conducting the Power-On Self-T est (POST) during the POST. To upgrade the BIOS, use either the GIGABYTE Q-Flash or @BIOS utility . • Q-Flash allows the user to keep the configuration values in system's failure to clear the CMOS values.) - ...
...Defaults" section in this chapter or introductions of the battery/clearing CMOS jumper in Chapter 1 for the beep codes description. • It is a Windows-based utility that you can press + in the main menu of BIOS, it with caution. To flash the BIOS, do not encounter problems using...or other unexpected results. Its major functions include conducting the Power-On Self-T est (POST) during the POST. To upgrade the BIOS, use either the GIGABYTE Q-Flash or @BIOS utility . • Q-Flash allows the user to keep the configuration values in system's failure to clear the CMOS values.) - ...
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... a password is required every time the system boots, or only when you to determine whether to display the GIGABYTE Logo at system startup. HDD S.M.A.R.T. Disabled displays normal POST message. (Default: Enabled) Init Display First Specifies the...program. (Default) System A password is installed. (Default: Disabled) Away Mode Enables or disables Away Mode in Windows XP Media Center operating system. PCI Slot Sets the PCI graphics card as the first display. (Default) PEG ... (Default: Disabled) Full Screen LOGO Show Allows you enter BIOS Setup. GA-MA770-UD3/US3 Motherboard - 44 -
... a password is required every time the system boots, or only when you to determine whether to display the GIGABYTE Logo at system startup. HDD S.M.A.R.T. Disabled displays normal POST message. (Default: Enabled) Init Display First Specifies the...program. (Default) System A password is installed. (Default: Disabled) Away Mode Enables or disables Away Mode in Windows XP Media Center operating system. PCI Slot Sets the PCI graphics card as the first display. (Default) PEG ... (Default: Disabled) Full Screen LOGO Show Allows you enter BIOS Setup. GA-MA770-UD3/US3 Motherboard - 44 -
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... all four pairs of the attached LAN cable. GA-MA770-UD3/US3 Motherboard - 46 - If no LAN cable is activated. When a Cable Problem Occurs... Example: Part1-2 Status = Short / Length = 2m Explanation: A fault or short might occur at a normal speed of 10/100/1000 Mbps in Windows mode or when the LAN Boot ROM is...
... all four pairs of the attached LAN cable. GA-MA770-UD3/US3 Motherboard - 46 - If no LAN cable is activated. When a Cable Problem Occurs... Example: Part1-2 Status = Short / Length = 2m Explanation: A fault or short might occur at a normal speed of 10/100/1000 Mbps in Windows mode or when the LAN Boot ROM is...
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RAID Enables RAID for the SATA controller and configures the SATA controller to AHCI mode. BIOS Setup Windows XP. AHCI Configures the SATA controller to As SATA Type PATA mode. (Default) The mode depends on the OnChip SATA Type settings. Options are : 378/...
RAID Enables RAID for the SATA controller and configures the SATA controller to AHCI mode. BIOS Setup Windows XP. AHCI Configures the SATA controller to As SATA Type PATA mode. (Default) The mode depends on the OnChip SATA Type settings. Options are : 378/...
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... then the system will enter suspend mode. S3(STR) Enables the system to enter the ACPI S3 (Suspend to enter the ACPI S1 (Power on Windows® Vista® operating system only. - 49 - BIOS Setup 2-7 Power Management Setup CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2008 Award Software Power Management Setup ACPI Suspend...
... then the system will enter suspend mode. S3(STR) Enables the system to enter the ACPI S3 (Suspend to enter the ACPI S1 (Power on Windows® Vista® operating system only. - 49 - BIOS Setup 2-7 Power Management Setup CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2008 Award Software Power Management Setup ACPI Suspend...
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... system or removal of the AC power. (Default) Full-On The system is set to Password. Press on the +5VSB lead. When prompted for Windows® Vista® operating system. (Default: Disabled) Power On By Mouse Allows the system to be turned on the system. AC Back Function Determines...Power On by a wake-up to 5 characters and then press to accept. GA-MA770-UD3/US3 Motherboard - 50 - Power On By Keyboard Allows the system to be turned on the system, enter the password and press . To turn on Windows® Vista® operating system only. Memory The system returns to its ...
... system or removal of the AC power. (Default) Full-On The system is set to Password. Press on the +5VSB lead. When prompted for Windows® Vista® operating system. (Default: Disabled) Power On By Mouse Allows the system to be turned on the system. AC Back Function Determines...Power On by a wake-up to 5 characters and then press to accept. GA-MA770-UD3/US3 Motherboard - 50 - Power On By Keyboard Allows the system to be turned on the system, enter the password and press . To turn on Windows® Vista® operating system only. Memory The system returns to its ...
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... recommended drivers. Chapter 3 Drivers Installation • Before installing the drivers, first install the operating system. (The following instructions use Windows XP as the example operating system.) • After installing the operating system, insert the motherboard driver disk into your system. Or...will install all the drivers that shown in the motherboard driver disk. • For USB 2.0 driver support under the Windows XP operating system, please install the Windows XP Service Pack 1 or later. Y ou can install other drivers. • After the drivers are recommended to install...
... recommended drivers. Chapter 3 Drivers Installation • Before installing the drivers, first install the operating system. (The following instructions use Windows XP as the example operating system.) • After installing the operating system, insert the motherboard driver disk into your system. Or...will install all the drivers that shown in the motherboard driver disk. • For USB 2.0 driver support under the Windows XP operating system, please install the Windows XP Service Pack 1 or later. Y ou can install other drivers. • After the drivers are recommended to install...
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... perform restoration of data and hard drive access speed may affect the speed at the end of system memory • VESA compatible graphics card • Windows® XP with Xpress Recovery cannot be restored using Xpress Recovery2. • USB hard drives are not supported. Unique Features
... perform restoration of data and hard drive access speed may affect the speed at the end of system memory • VESA compatible graphics card • Windows® XP with Xpress Recovery cannot be restored using Xpress Recovery2. • USB hard drives are not supported. Unique Features
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... Figure 3 GA-MA770-UD3/US3 Motherboard - 62 - When partitioning your hard drive (Figure 1), make sure to leave unallocated space for example, NTFS) and begin the installation of data) (Figure 2). Figure 1 Figure 2 3. Installation and Configuration (The following procedure uses Windows XP as the... first boot device under "Advanced BIOS Features" in the BIOS Setup program. Save the changes and exit. 2. Installing Windows XP and Partitioning the Hard Drive 1.
... Figure 3 GA-MA770-UD3/US3 Motherboard - 62 - When partitioning your hard drive (Figure 1), make sure to leave unallocated space for example, NTFS) and begin the installation of data) (Figure 2). Figure 1 Figure 2 3. Installation and Configuration (The following procedure uses Windows XP as the... first boot device under "Advanced BIOS Features" in the BIOS Setup program. Save the changes and exit. 2. Installing Windows XP and Partitioning the Hard Drive 1.
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... hard drive as the target d rive and detect whether this hard drive contains the Windows operating system. Figure 10 Figure 11 3. After you wish to enter Xpress Recovery2. . . Xpress Recovery2 will begin to access Xpress Recovery2 for GA-MA770-UD3 E1 . . . . : BIOS Setup : XpressRecovery2 : Boot Menu : Qflash 11/06/2008-RD780-SB700-6A66AG09C-00...
... hard drive as the target d rive and detect whether this hard drive contains the Windows operating system. Figure 10 Figure 11 3. After you wish to enter Xpress Recovery2. . . Xpress Recovery2 will begin to access Xpress Recovery2 for GA-MA770-UD3 E1 . . . . : BIOS Setup : XpressRecovery2 : Boot Menu : Qflash 11/06/2008-RD780-SB700-6A66AG09C-00...
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... during the POST to enter Q-Flash. What is @BIOS ? GA-MA770-UD3/US3 Motherboard - 66 - However, if the main BIOS is DualBIOS ? Extract the file and save the new BIOS file (e.g. MA770UD3.F1) to ensure normal system operation. Restart the system. From GIGABYTE's website, download the latest compressed BIOS update file that support.../12 file system. 3. Before You Begin: 1. TM With Q-Flash you to update the BIOS without having to enter operating systems like MS-DOS or Window first. Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG, An Energy Star Ally Copyright (C) 1984-2008, Award Software, Inc.
... during the POST to enter Q-Flash. What is @BIOS ? GA-MA770-UD3/US3 Motherboard - 66 - However, if the main BIOS is DualBIOS ? Extract the file and save the new BIOS file (e.g. MA770UD3.F1) to ensure normal system operation. Restart the system. From GIGABYTE's website, download the latest compressed BIOS update file that support.../12 file system. 3. Before You Begin: 1. TM With Q-Flash you to update the BIOS without having to enter operating systems like MS-DOS or Window first. Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG, An Energy Star Ally Copyright (C) 1984-2008, Award Software, Inc.
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In Windows, close all applications and TSR (Terminate and Stay Resident) programs. This helps prevent unexpected failures when performing a BIOS update. 2. Failure to do NOT interrupt the Internet connection (for your motherboard is unable to save the BIOS update file obtained from GIGABYTE Server, ... Function: Click Update BIOS from File, then select the location where you save the current BIOS file. 4. Do not use the G.O.M. (GIGABYTE Online Management) function when using @BIOS. 4. Update the BIOS without Using the Internet Update Function" below. 2. After Updating the BIOS:...
In Windows, close all applications and TSR (Terminate and Stay Resident) programs. This helps prevent unexpected failures when performing a BIOS update. 2. Failure to do NOT interrupt the Internet connection (for your motherboard is unable to save the BIOS update file obtained from GIGABYTE Server, ... Function: Click Update BIOS from File, then select the location where you save the current BIOS file. 4. Do not use the G.O.M. (GIGABYTE Online Management) function when using @BIOS. 4. Update the BIOS without Using the Internet Update Function" below. 2. After Updating the BIOS:...
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... interface that you set temperature/fan speed alarm. Before you do overclock/overvoltage in Windows environment. The EasyTune 6 Interface Tabs Information Tab Function The CPU tab provides information...motherboard. Available functions in damage to -use your ATI or NVIDIA graphics card. 4-3 EasyTune 6 GIGABYTE's EasyTune 6 is not supported. Grayed-out area(s) indicates that the item is not configurable or ...module on the installed memory module(s). GA-MA770-UD3/US3 Motherboard - 70 - The user-friendly EasyTune 6 interface also includes tabbed pages for these ...
... interface that you set temperature/fan speed alarm. Before you do overclock/overvoltage in Windows environment. The EasyTune 6 Interface Tabs Information Tab Function The CPU tab provides information...motherboard. Available functions in damage to -use your ATI or NVIDIA graphics card. 4-3 EasyTune 6 GIGABYTE's EasyTune 6 is not supported. Grayed-out area(s) indicates that the item is not configurable or ...module on the installed memory module(s). GA-MA770-UD3/US3 Motherboard - 70 - The user-friendly EasyTune 6 interface also includes tabbed pages for these ...
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... SATA hard drive(s), follow the steps below: A. Install SATA hard drive(s) in your computer Attach one hard drive. • An empty formatted floppy disk. • Windows Vista/XP setup disk. • Motherboard driver disk. 5-1-1 Configuring the Onboard SATA Controller A. Configure SATA controller mode in RAID BIOS. (Note 1) D.
... SATA hard drive(s), follow the steps below: A. Install SATA hard drive(s) in your computer Attach one hard drive. • An empty formatted floppy disk. • Windows Vista/XP setup disk. • Motherboard driver disk. 5-1-1 Configuring the Onboard SATA Controller A. Configure SATA controller mode in RAID BIOS. (Note 1) D.
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... Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [ Main Menu ] View Drive Assignments 1 ] Define LD 2 ] Delete LD 3 ] Controller Configuration 4 ] Press 1..4 to enter the Controller Configuration window. Appendix RAID BIOS Version 3.2.1540.23 (c) 2007 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. No Array is the first option screen when you do not want to enter... the Delete LD window. To view the disk drives assigned to arrays, press to enter the Define LD window. To create an array , press to enter the View Drive Assignments...
... Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [ Main Menu ] View Drive Assignments 1 ] Define LD 2 ] Delete LD 3 ] Controller Configuration 4 ] Press 1..4 to enter the Controller Configuration window. Appendix RAID BIOS Version 3.2.1540.23 (c) 2007 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. No Array is the first option screen when you do not want to enter... the Delete LD window. To view the disk drives assigned to arrays, press to enter the Define LD window. To create an array , press to enter the View Drive Assignments...
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...In Figure 4, use the up or down arrow key to move to a logical disk set and press to enter the Define LD window (Figure 4). Create Arrays Manually To create a new array, press to enter the RAID configuration menu (Figure 5). The Define LD ...Gigabyte Boundary: ON Fast Init: OFF Cache Mode: WriteThru [ Drives Assignments ] Channel:ID Drive Model 1:Mas WDC WD800JD-22LSA0 2:Mas WDC WD800JD-22LSA0 Capacity (MB) 80026 80026 Assignment N N [] Up [] Down [ESC] Exit [ Keys Available ] [Space] Change [Ctrl-Y] Save [PgUp/Dn] Page Change Figure 5 GA-MA770-UD3...
...In Figure 4, use the up or down arrow key to move to a logical disk set and press to enter the Define LD window (Figure 4). Create Arrays Manually To create a new array, press to enter the RAID configuration menu (Figure 5). The Define LD ...Gigabyte Boundary: ON Fast Init: OFF Cache Mode: WriteThru [ Drives Assignments ] Channel:ID Drive Model 1:Mas WDC WD800JD-22LSA0 2:Mas WDC WD800JD-22LSA0 Capacity (MB) 80026 80026 Assignment N N [] Up [] Down [ESC] Exit [ Keys Available ] [Space] Change [Ctrl-Y] Save [PgUp/Dn] Page Change Figure 5 GA-MA770-UD3...
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...-Y to Modify Array Capacity or press any other key to Y. Press the key or to change the Assignment option to use maximum capacity... The window below will return to Define LD Menu where you want to a disk array or are labeled with their assigned disk array or shown as an... ] [Ctrl+H] Secure Erase [PgUp/Dn] Page Change Figure 8 - 77 - Press + to clear the MBR or press other keys to its maximum capacity. 8. Then, the window below will erase the MBR data of the RAID array or press other keys to highlight a drive. 4. Figure 7 7. Press + to set the array to set...
...-Y to Modify Array Capacity or press any other key to Y. Press the key or to change the Assignment option to use maximum capacity... The window below will return to Define LD Menu where you want to a disk array or are labeled with their assigned disk array or shown as an... ] [Ctrl+H] Secure Erase [PgUp/Dn] Page Change Figure 8 - 77 - Press + to clear the MBR or press other keys to its maximum capacity. 8. Then, the window below will erase the MBR data of the RAID array or press other keys to highlight a drive. 4. Figure 7 7. Press + to set the array to set...
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... the instructions below about how to copy the driver in MS-DOS mode . (Note) Prepare a startup disk that in Figure 2, to install Windows XP to your system. Select the controller driver by pressing the corresponding letter from the startup disk. Your system will open similar to that has...system and insert the motherboard driver disk. At the D:\> prompt, type the following two commands. 5-1-2 Making a SATA RAID/AHCI Driver Diskette for Windows XP (Required for AHCI and RAID Mode) To successfully install operating system onto SA TA hard drive(s) that is/are configured to RAID/AHCI mode...
... the instructions below about how to copy the driver in MS-DOS mode . (Note) Prepare a startup disk that in Figure 2, to install Windows XP to your system. Select the controller driver by pressing the corresponding letter from the startup disk. Your system will open similar to that has...system and insert the motherboard driver disk. At the D:\> prompt, type the following two commands. 5-1-2 Making a SATA RAID/AHCI Driver Diskette for Windows XP (Required for AHCI and RAID Mode) To successfully install operating system onto SA TA hard drive(s) that is/are configured to RAID/AHCI mode...
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S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit Figure 2 GA-MA770-UD3/US3 Motherboard - 80 - Installing Windows XP Step 1: Restart your system to boot from the Windows XP setup disk and press as soon as you see the message "Press F6 if you see the next screen. Figure 1 Step 2: When a...some files being loaded before you need to that below appears, insert the floppy disk containing the SA TA RAID/AHCI driver and press (Figure 2). Windows Setup Press F6 if you need to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver" (Figure 1). The following mass storage devices(s) * To specify ...
S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit Figure 2 GA-MA770-UD3/US3 Motherboard - 80 - Installing Windows XP Step 1: Restart your system to boot from the Windows XP setup disk and press as soon as you see the message "Press F6 if you see the next screen. Figure 1 Step 2: When a...some files being loaded before you need to that below appears, insert the floppy disk containing the SA TA RAID/AHCI driver and press (Figure 2). Windows Setup Press F6 if you need to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver" (Figure 1). The following mass storage devices(s) * To specify ...